good evening Stacey is off tonight... An overnight police involved shooting sends the suspect and a police officer to the hospital. It happened in SE des moines.. KCCI's Marcus McIntosh has been following the story and joins us live with the very latest... Both the suspect 34-year old leroy bradley and officer Dusty Rains were taken to methodist medical center to be treated for their injuries... Bradley to be treated for a gunshot wound officer rains for injuries suffered when Bradley tried to flee. It started about 1:30 this morning. It began in the parking lot of the Cozy Rest Motel on SE 14th Street. Des Moines police officers Dusty Rains and shawn Herman noticed suspicious activity in the parking lot of the motel. They pulled up to a chrysler 300 and struck up a conversation with the people in and around the car. ============= AS THEY SPOKE WITH THEM THEY RAN THE LICENSE PLATE OF THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE PLATE DID NOT MATCH THE VEHICLE IT WAS ON. ======== Officers would eventually ask 34-year old Leroy Bradley to get out of the car. Bradley would try to drive away... pinning officer Rains between the vehicle he was driving and her squad car. =========== BOTH HER AND OFFICER HERMAN FIRED SHOTS AT THE VEHICLE ...STRUCK THE VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER. ========= Bradley would drive away from the motel suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the head. He surrendered blocks away at a convinece store. Now hospitalized for what are said to be non-life threatening injuries ....once released he will face charges that include...pande ring... bringing women to iowa for prostitution ... =========== that's NOT MY SONS MO AND I HAVE KNOW HIM FOR 34 YEARS. ========= Sheila Bradley says when she heard her son had been shot she drove here from Omaha Nebraska looking for answers. She says her son was in town to visit his sister, nieces and nephews... and did not deserve to get shot. ========== I AM NOT SAYING HE IS A SAINT OR ANYTHING BUT THERE IS A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO HANDLE EVERYTHING. ======== She says she is still waiting to see her son and hopeful everyone involved is ok. ========== YOU CAN KILL SOMEBODY WITH A CAR I KNOW THAT AND I AM HOPING WOHEVER HE BACKED INTO, THE OFFICER, IS OK. The latest on the condition of Officer Rains she is We spoke with the manager of the cozy comfort motel this afternoon...he says he had never seen Bradley before sand he was not residing in the motel... Thank you Marcus According to Sgt. Halifax, Bradley will be charged with Frist Degree theft...two counts of assault while participating in a felony, felony eluding and pandering ....

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